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Stibnite

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Description
Locality: 
Emirli Deposit, Ödemiş, Izmir Province, Turkey
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.1 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Outstanding rarity, nothing on the market - not too maby people even know about this stibnite locality in a quarry near the beach. It was field-collected by Karl Goetzendorfer and his wife decades ago. Goetzendorfer was a very prominent collector and mineralogist in Austria, he died 2 years ago. He was an expert for Turkey and did several important discoveries there. The crystal shows light color and silvery luster.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stibnite

Formula: 
Sb2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Lead grey